From what I got, the cat intentionally lead him into the light, so he can bring out the girl vampire. Very clever indeed.

But I gotta say, this anime has been a rollercoaster. I've waited for over half a year for the last episode to be aired before starting this series, and I am glad I waited. To be honest, I don't even know why I like this anime, perhaps it is due to its cleverness, or bluntness, who knows but, whatever this anime did, it worked for me.

A 9.4ish in my books but for now, it deserves a 10. Not the biggest bang of an ending I have seen but it is still something I enjoyed.

Lovely not-so-subtle advertising. Besides that, it was a decent closure episode. Of course, some people might dislike the amount of dialogue and the cuts, but all action scenes make for a duller series.

Too bad we didn't see enough of Karen and Tsukihi. Should a second season emerge I hope that issue might be resolved.

Kurogashi said:From what I got, the cat intentionally lead him into the light, so he can bring out the girl vampire. Very clever indeed.

Didn't really get this part, why did she do this exactly? and how did shinobu appear from his shadow?

Well, when he got back to the old cram school building, he said he wanted to show Oshino, Shinobu again (who was hiding in his shadow).

So I guess it goes something like, she never really ran away, she was just hiding in his shadow the whole time.

The Cat knew this, and because she was the oddity within Hanekawa which knew her deepest emotions, she actually never wanted to kill Araragi, she just wanted to lure Shinobu out by making Araragi call for her help (making her feel wanted) and save the day, by making her disappear again.

ok ive never read the novels, or any other thing besides the anime for this, and i want to know wat exactly can shinobu do lol
from the way the people talk about her its like she has no powers at all and is like a doll

One more week and it would have been a year since the first episode aired. Perhaps the studio didn't want to hear all the whingeing that would have resulted in waiting any longer. Three months for the first twelve and nine months for the next three.

Obviously the wait is tolerable but the gaps interfered with the story-telling.

Anyway, it is a great series. The ending was good. While more Senjougahara is always a good thing, the episode was Tsubasa's. Hitagi already had her episodes.

I don't see "full-on-despair mode" as an annoying bit... Go Zetsubou Sensei!!

While we may want 52 episodes filled with nothing but Araragi & Senjougahara chatting all day (one user had said this before), I think the other elements aren't garbage at all, in fact, they are quite entertaining. But less Nadeko fanservice is more tolerable.

The first two thirds of the episode were pretty boring tbh. Even so, I'm left wanting more. I'll give this a strong 7/10 for now; might become an 8 upon rewatch, but I lost interest because of SHAFT fucking up the schedule.

The only upsetting part of Bakemonogatari was waiting a damn year to actually finish the series.

I think more people would've given higher scores if we had 15 straight weeks of episodes, it's ironic that SHAFT was behind Bakemonogatari.

Any other production studio, for example Madhouse, Gainax, Bones, or even KyoAni would have done a better job in timely releases, quality art, and an overall improvement for how Bakemonogatari was handled.

HOWEVER, only Shaft would've given us this UNIQUE style of animation which was one of the biggest factors that made Bakemonogatari such a HUGE SUCCESS... and for that I'm very glad it was Shaft who was in charge.

Gastli said:You are aware that Hiroshi pretty much always voice the same type of character?

I don't think I would call Izaya, Ric, Trafalgar Law, Kouji, Tieria and Nozomu the same type of character

Gastli said:

And why did we have to wait so long for this last episode?

Because SHAFT is very, very understaffed

I thought the very beginning of the episode (with the lightning and electric guitar) was very well-done. Actually the whole episode was pretty enjoyable, but that first part was really good. It really stuck out.

-First of all, as you can probably tell by my recent anime sig, I decided to wait until the day the last episode came out to watch the remaining three. It was not really that tough because 12 was such a good ending, they probably could have ended the series right there but I held through. I can't even imagine I would have enjoyed the episodes as I did if I had actually waited. This wasn't like the Rebuild movies in that case.

-Very glad to see Shinobu do something. The kick really made me go "YEAH!"

-Overall, this was quite the unique anime. I appreciated the visuals because honestly, I don't think anybody but SHAFT could do this with dialogue and make me so interested in the screen (well, given Tatami Galaxy, I bet Yuasa and Madhouse could do it). But it was a good show. The best description for it is probably Supernatural harem that's not a harem and I enjoyed that. 8/10 for the show. It had a lot of faults (like Nadeko Snake) but a lot of good points too. It's just definitely not a show that everybody is going to get.

And AraragiXSenjogahara forever. Great couple.

(Bake fags? Really? Do people just add the word fag at the end of a show they don't like, ascribe it to the fans and it sounds instantly cool?)

I don't see "full-on-despair mode" as an annoying bit... Go Zetsubou Sensei!!

You are aware that Hiroshi pretty much always voice the same type of character?

The only time I liked to hear him was in Gundam 00 when he borrowed his voice to Tieria Arde.

Well... while Itoshiki, Kou Ichimiya & Araragi are pretty much the same type of "full-on-despair" character (yeah, if I'm in their situation, I'd shouting "WTF is wrong with those people???" all day, too). But Izaya from Durarara!! & Souma from Working!! are manipulative bastards... Those roles don't count as the same type of character.

Unlike most of you guys here, I don't have an extensive history with anime (Heck, I don't even care about Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, or even old school shows, blah blah blah... their manga series give me enough headaches). But from what I've saw, he has voiced quite a colorful cast of characters. Even some tropers at tvtropes have gone too far and called him as a "man of thousand voices"...

I couldn't wait for the animated OP (I'll look at that later). Overall this show was ok. I'll probably give it an 8...but I think it could have done much better if Shaft was able to do a proper job on it (same thing for Dance in the Vampire Bund).

I really enjoyed the last episode. The ending was nice too, with Araragi sort of taking over Oshino's position, and the Haunted House.

I had only minor complaints:

-I wanted to see the whole group of girls together at the end. But it makes sense that it would only be his fellow highschoolers.

-The delay, of course, was pretty annoying.

-I was hoping Shinobu would have an amazing one liner in the very last episode. Kind of disappointed Aya Hirano never showed up.

But these are pretty trifling things, and I give the last episode 5/5. The series gets a 10/10 for me.

And, randomly, did anyone else think that they were going to try and make it last a full year? Because of the long delay, I assumed they were holding out until July 3rd. End on the date that they began.

The last episode was quite good. Good ending to the story. I'm sad Oshino left but things happen. A season 2 is very unlikely nor do I actually want one. I'd rather have OVAs of the backstory of Araragi's past as a full vampire and Kizumongatari/Nisemonogatari as well.

We all know that Bakemonogatari is a GREAT series, unique and original in its style and characters, but with all the waiting and all, it actually lost a lot of excitement... but still gets a 10 from me =)

I love this show and I've followed it since the beginning, but to be quite honest, they did not need to stretch this over an entire year. It was this time last year that I first picked it up and thought it was awesome, and I thought it would be finished by September.

~Sigh~

Good ending though. I'm glad to finally see the conclusion - it made me very happy.

PD: Shinobu never spoke in the whole anime...I don't even know why her supposed voice actor was Aya Hirano. Maybe when SHAFT will think in make Kizumonogatari...she at least could speak a single line or something. -_-